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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is there any way to petition to the Maryland regulatory bodies to force MCPS to do a full redraw of the boundaries?[/quote]

What would be the basis or reasoning to ask them to intervene?

The only way an outside party MIGHT be able to force MCPS to do anything is if the boundaries are in anyway illegal or discriminatory.

Which while there may be people unhappy with the proposals, I don't think any of the proposed boundaries are either.[/quote]

Like how far could they force a whole school district to be bussed?

I mean the obviously left out certain school districts as "protected" from being redrawn.  [/quote]

I'm not sure if you're aware of current bussing distances.  Where some students are on the bus for 40 minutes.

It definitely looks like there are some areas that help grease the wheels.  And even though we originally weren't interested in living there, will have to put it into consideration once everything is finalized and we know what everything looks like.

I'm not against you.  And I think the fact that Wootton kept getting pushed off is bs and there was some discrimination in it.  But you'd need valid reasons and proof if you plan or hope to bring outside parties in to intervene.[/quote]

I get 45-minute bus rides. I grew up in a rural county where the entire county went to one school K-12.

What is the reason for Wooton being required to bus three miles in urban/suburban setting?  If it's oops bad planning.  Isn't that evidence enough.  MCPS has a problem bigger than they can handle.[/quote]

This is not bad planning. For once I think MCPS is doing the right thing - they are giving Gaithersburg residents what they need to prevent overcrowding and giving Wootton a new school 3 miles away so the kids are not in a school that is unsafe (at least that is what all these next door petitions were saying)

MCPS: We have addressed your petitions and will be moving you to Crown permanently along with some feeders from Gaithersburg

Wootton parents shocked that it will be a new Wootton with more URM: Bussing 3 miles is a problem

MCPS:  We have addressed your concerns by moving some of the feeders to QO which is closer so you will not have a long commute

I sincerely hope Dufief and Travilah (all or part of it - the new homes on QO Rd) which are 2 miles from QO get zoned to QO, and Fields Road fully goes to Crown/Wootton.

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[b]Dufief and Travilah are the ones who care the least[/b] about this move since they are on a bus regardless. Those I have talked to actually like this option and welcome adding other schools to the wootton community. Also, there isn’t room at QO. Remember- this whole thing was to alleviate overcrowding at Crown and Gaithersburg? But that’s an inconvenient point when you just want to “punish” wootton kids. [/quote]

And is that why I see all these signs on Dufief Drive asking to save Dufief? It sooo horrible that Dufief may end up going to QO that we need signs asking to save the school.[/quote]

Dufief wants to remain with the Wootton cluster. They are the only cluster being removed from Wootton in options A-D. They do not mind as much about option H as some of the schools geographically closer to Wootton mind because they are on a bus regardless. They remain with Woottton even though Wootton moves physically. It's not hard to understand the difference unless you are just being deliberately obtuse. [/quote]

It’s wishful thinking that they remain with Wootton if option H is adopted. Are they not paying attention that fields road  votes for option H only if option H includes them?  That means Wootton would be 110+% overcapacity so Dufief would be moved to QO to make room for fields road. [/quote]

And this is how it should be. Imagine living near a brand new high school and you are forced to take the bus to an old high school further away so some rich kids can come and occupy it. Dufief is not all that special. They need to go to QO, and Fields Road needs to go to Crown.

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Yes, and it's just a coincidnce that Dufief is the least wealthy and most demographically diverse of all the Wootton cluster schools. Of course they gotta go. [/quote]

They never should have been zoned to Wootton to begin with. Same goes with parts of Travilah. Nothing to do with wealth, just proximity. Travilah also should go to QO. Kids further away in Muddy Branch and West Diamond Avenue are bussed to QO while Dufief and Travilah which are nearby are bussed much further away to Wootton instead of QO. 
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Based on another post and I think the school built years match it, Dufief was always assigned to Wootton.  Even before QO was built.

There are of course going to be issues in reassigning a school, especially if a community views one school being better than another.

What shouldn't have happened was all of new homes built in the North Potomac area after QO was built being assigned to any school other than QO.

The same goes with the Potomac Glen area somehow having the 20854 zip code and being zoned for Churchill.[/quote]

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